When Rosanne Lemansky spoke at the Gift of Life Donor Remembrance Ceremony on Nov. 10 at the Venice Plaza in Berlin to honor the families of organ, tissue and cornea donors, her message was delivered straight from the heart.
Lemansky, a donor family member, spoke about her brother Roger, who was on life support about seven years ago when she learned about Gift of Life, an organization that recovers and distributes organs and tissues that are used in lifesaving and life-enhancing transplants. It has, over the years, facilitated over 33,000 organ transplants and more than 300,000 tissue transplants. (Visit www.donors1.org for more information).
Lemansky admitted that she and her mom, Ida Geltzer, were conflicted when they were first approached by Gift of Life. She sought the guidance of Rabbi Gary Gans from Congregation Beth Tikvah, where their family has belonged since Lemansky’s children, now adults, were youngsters.
Gans explained that saving a life is a “mitzvah,” a commandment and a charitable act, in Judaism, and therefore giving one's organs for others to remain alive is considered a most precious gift.
Lemansky, a donor family member, spoke about her brother Roger, who was on life support about seven years ago when she learned about Gift of Life, an organization that recovers and distributes organs and tissues that are used in lifesaving and life-enhancing transplants. It has, over the years, facilitated over 33,000 organ transplants and more than 300,000 tissue transplants. (Visit www.donors1.org for more information).
Lemansky admitted that she and her mom, Ida Geltzer, were conflicted when they were first approached by Gift of Life. She sought the guidance of Rabbi Gary Gans from Congregation Beth Tikvah, where their family has belonged since Lemansky’s children, now adults, were youngsters.
Gans explained that saving a life is a “mitzvah,” a commandment and a charitable act, in Judaism, and therefore giving one's organs for others to remain alive is considered a most precious gift.
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